Dark Hope

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Dark Hope
Studio album by Renée Fleming
Released 8 June 2010
Genre Indie rock
Length 48:19
Label Decca Records
Cat. No.: B0014186-02
Producer David Kahne
Renée Fleming chronology

Verismo
(2009)
Dark Hope
(2010)
Poèmes
(2012)

Dark Hope is a 2010 album of indie rock titles sung by opera soprano Renée Fleming.

The album was the idea of Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein; after listening to Fleming's performance of "In the Pines" on Elvis Costello's TV show Spectacle, they approached Fleming and producer David Kahne.[1] The aim was not to produce a typical crossover album, but a collection of songs sung without any hint of operatic vocal strength.[2]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Endlessly" (from Absolution)Muse 3:59
2. "No One's Gonna Love You"  Band of Horses 3:41
3. "Oxygen" (from Where the Humans Eat)Willy Mason 4:15
4. "Today"  Jefferson Airplane 3:22
5. "Intervention"  Arcade Fire 4:19
6. "With Twilight As My Guide" (from Octahedron)The Mars Volta 5:33
7. "Mad World"  Tears for Fears 3:53
8. "In Your Eyes"  Peter Gabriel 5:01
9. "Stepping Stone"  Duffy 3:26
10. "Soul Meets Body"  Death Cab for Cutie 3:11
11. "Hallelujah"  Leonard Cohen 7:39
Total length:
48:19

Credits

Performance credits

  • Rusty Anderson, Nick Valensi – guitar
  • David Kahne – bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Will Lee – bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Jesse Mills, Cyrus Beroukhin – violin
  • Dov Scheindlin, William Hakim – viola
  • Wendy Sutter – cello
  • Alexis Pia Gerlach – cello
  • Amelia Ross, Sage Ross (Fleming's daughters), Rachelle Fleming (Renée's sister) – background vocals
  • Mike Rossi – conductor

Technical credits

  • Roy Hendrickson – engineer
  • David Kahne – arranger, programming, producer, engineer
  • Rebecca Meek – art direction

References

  1. "Renée Fleming rocks out on Dark Hope" by Kevin Berger, Los Angeles Times (6 June 2010)
  2. "Renée Fleming: Diva goes to the dark side" by Peter Conrad, The Guardian (28 March 2010)

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